A TEAM SKILLED IN RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITIES.

The current slate of directors, management team and advisory board emphasizes professional and technical ability.  They are a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, with extensive experience in all facets of business.

	Jatinder (Jack) Bal President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Jack Bal has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director since November 2003, and is responsible for all aspects of our general management. Mr. Bal has over 11 years of experience in the resource industry and public markets. Mr. Bal has served as President of Centerline Capital Corp., a private management company since November 2003. Mr. Bal is currently a director of CMC Metals Corp. and Upper Canyon Minerals Corp., both of which are resource companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Bal is also President and Director of Cascadia Energy Corp., a private US company in the business of acquiring and exploring oil and gas properties.
	Clint Sharples Director Clinton Sharples has served on our board of directors since October, 2005.  Mr. Sharples has served as President of Paramount Pallet Inc. since 2002; previously he was Controller and held various Vice President positions with Paramount from 1994 to 2002.  In addition, Mr. Sharples has been a partner in FGI Inc., a private investment company, since January, 1999.  Mr. Sharples has served as a Director of Modu-Loc Fence rentals, Thermal Energy International and the Canadian Pallet Council.
	Robert Bryce, BSc, MBA, PEng Director Robert Bryce has served on our board of directors since February, 2005.  Since May, 1996, Mr. Bryce has served as President and Director of Abitex Resources Ltd., a nickel exploration company based in Val d”Or, Quebec.  From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Bryce was  President of Mining Operations for Aur Resources Inc., where he was in charge of the construction and development of the 4,000 tonne-per-day Louvicourt base-metal mine in Quebec, and General Manager of BHP Billiton’s 7,500 tonne-per-day Selbaie Mine in Quebec.  Mr. Bryce currently serves as a Director for Western Wind Energy Corp., Tagish Lake Gold Corp., Kalahari Resources Inc., Alexis Minerals Corp. and Scorpio Mining Corp.
	Lorne Torhjelm Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary Lorne Torhjelm has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since May, 2005 and May, 2004 respectively, and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of our finances.  Mr. Torhjelm is a self-employed investment manager, and is currently President and Director of Tech Solutions Capital Corp. and a Director of Panoro Minerals Ltd.  In addition, Mr. Torhjelm is also the Corporate Secretary of Cascadia Energy Corp., a private US company in the business of acquiring and exploring oil and gas properties.  Mr. Torhjelm was also President of RNJ Ventures Ltd. from 1989 to 2004.
	Dr. Pollard Director Dr. Pollard graduated with a BSc (Hons) in geology in 1979 and a PhD in 1985 from James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Dr. Pollard is a Qualified Person (under NI 43-101 and JORC), a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. Dr. Pollard has over 20 years experience as a consultant in project generation and evaluation, paragenesis and breccia interpretation, and gold petrology. He has consulted on some of the major porphyry copper-gold (Grasberg, Oyu Tolgoi, Escondida Norte) and iron-oxide copper-gold (Olympic Dam, Carajas district, Cloncurry district) deposits worldwide. Dr. Pollard also runs a series of exploration training courses, which have been presented in over 15 countries. He has significant experience with low and high sulphidation silver-gold epithermal systems, gold-copper-molybdenum porphyry systems, iron-oxide copper-gold mineralization, sediment-hosted copper and gold systems, and tin, tungsten, tantalum and rare-earth element mineralization. Dr. Pollard also worked as a research scientist at James Cook University for 13 years, studying intrusion-related hydrothermal systems, mainly in copper-gold, tin-tungsten and rare-metal systems and has published over 60 papers in international journals and books. Peter is currently an exploration-focused, geological consultant with Dr. Chris Wilson, supplying geologists to projects worldwide.
	Chris Wilson Vice President, Explorations Chris Wilson Dr. Chris Wilson graduated with a BSc (Hons) in geology from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1985 and with a PhD from the Flinders University of South Australia in 1991. Chris is a Qualified Person (NI43-101 and JORC) and is a Chartered Professional Geologist. He is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. Chris is an established geologist with over fifteen years broad experience in prospect generation and area selection through to the design and management of resource definition drilling programs. He has significant experience with low and high sulphidation silver-gold epithermal systems, silver-base metal vein systems, gold-copper-molybdenum porphyry systems, iron-oxide copper-gold styles of mineralization and sediment-hosted gold systems. Chris worked as an independent consultant and associate principal exploration geologist with SRK (UK) and SRK Exploration Services since 2005. Prior to that he worked with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd from 1995 and was the exploration manager for Ivanhoe Mines in Mongolia from 2002 until October 2004 when he was responsible for countrywide area selection, grass-roots exploration, and management of a copper-gold exploration portfolio consisting of over 125 licences totaling over 11 million hectares. Chris maintains an exploration-focused geological consultancy with Dr. Peter Pollard that supplies geologists to projects worldwide.